General of the army ( id, Jenderal Besar, , Grand general), was the highest rank of the

Indonesian Army The Indonesian Army ( id, Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Darat (TNI-AD), ) is the land branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. It has an estimated strength of 300,000 active personnel. The history of the Indonesian Army has its ...

. Within the Indonesian Armed Forces ranking system, it was the equivalent of admiral of the fleet () and marshal of the air force (). Those ranks were honorary and did not provide additional authority or responsibility. The rank has been only awarded to three persons, all in 1997 on the 50th anniversary of the

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. *

Sudirman General of the Army Raden Sudirman ( Old Spelling: Soedirman; 24 January 1916 – 29 January 1950) was a high-ranking Indonesian military officer during the Indonesian National Revolution. The first commander of the Indonesian National Ar ...

, also styled Grand Commander (), the commander of the armed forces during the

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and a national hero. The rank was granted posthumously. *

Abdul Haris Nasution General of the Army Abdul Haris Nasution ( Old Spelling: Abdoel Haris Nasution; 3 December 1918 – 6 September 2000), was a high-ranking Indonesian general and politician. He served in the military during the Indonesian National Revolution a ...

, a national hero, twice appointed chief of staff of the army, and a survivor of an assassination attempt in the 1965 coup attempt. *

Suharto Suharto (; ; 8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian army officer and politician, who served as the second and the longest serving president of Indonesia. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, Suharto l ...

, the second

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. The rank was bestowed during his presidency. As Government Regulation No. 32/1997 has been revoked and replaced by Government Regulation No. 39/2010, whereas the

five-star rank A five-star rank is the highest military rank in many countries.Oxford English Dictionary (OED), 2nd Edition, 1989. "five" ... "five-star adj., ... (b) U.S., applied to a general or admiral whose badge of rank includes five stars;" The rank is t ...

is no longer exists in the new regulation. The rank may not be awarded anymore. In January 2014, General Moeldoko, then serving as Commander of the National Armed Forces, briefly suggested awarding the rank to outgoing President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono due to the latter's efforts in modernizing military. Former service members sitting in parliament firmly rejected the suggestion, citing the aforementioned regulation, and in any case, Yudhoyono himself, while appreciating Moeldoko's gesture, ultimately refused to take the award, with Minister of the State Secretariat

Sudi Silalahi Sudi Silalahi (July 13, 1949 – October 25, 2021) was an Indonesian politician and Indonesian army Lieutenant General. He was the Secretary of State of the Republic of Indonesia from October 22, 2009 to October 20, 2014. He was also the se ...

stating that the aforementioned efforts by Yudhoyono have since become a standard presidential duty.

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